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After Petra, Lonnie joined the Tait Band (Michael Tait, of DC Talk fame) with his brother, Chad.  Their first album is called "Empty", and was released in 2001.

ALIBI
Words & Music by Pete Stewart & Michael Tait
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music (BMI) Administered by EMI CMP/ Meaux Mercy (BMI) Administered by Meaux Music

I'm trying hard to understand you
And your over-rated state of mind
Sometimes you try to move me to you
And make believe that it's all fine

CHORUS
You say you love me, yes you do
But I know who I'm talking to
You left me so lonely and empty

And I don't need your alibis
Cause I can see through all your lies
You say you love me and I'll need you
But I don't need to live my life that way, no way

Every storm deserves an ending
And a break to peaceful skies
And every night I pray for my own mending

CHORUS

Parading around like you're a superstar
Is that who you think you are
The higher you go, yeah, the harder you fall

You say you love me, yes you do
But I know who I'm talking to
You left me so lonely and empty

And I don't need your alibis
Cause I can see through your disguise
You say you love me and I'll need you
But I don't need to live my life that way, no way

LOSS FOR WORDS
Words & Music by Michael Tait, Mario Santana & Randy Crawford
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music (BMI)/ Songs Seldom Seen (SESAC)/ Blue Yeti Publishing(ASCAP) Administered by EMI CMP

I'm at a loss,
I'm at a loss for words, I really want to say
I'm finding for myself
What can I do
When every road I travel leads me back to you
Instead of somewhere else
I apologize

CHORUS
Cause what I wanted to say
Never came out the way
I wanted it to, I wanted it to
Cause what I wanted to say
Only got in the way
I never meant to hurt you
But I didn't have a clue

I'm just a man
I'm just a man in need of something better than
I'm finding for myself
You count the cost
For everything you gain there's always something lost
You're worth so much more
Listen to my heart whispering
I need you

CHORUS

Empty words cannot suffice
I've been runnin' from what I know is right
When only Yours are words of life

CHORUS

Every time you come around
Every time I make a sound

BONDED
Words By Michael Tait and Randy Crawford | Music by Michael Tait, Chad Chapin, Randy Crawford & Dave Villano
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music/CEC Animal Music (BMI)


There's a place I like to go, yeah
Far away where nobody knows
And the sun never goes down
I can lose myself in the light I've found
Cause when I am in need
It's your love my heart receives

CHORUS
I'm bonded with the Son today
And the rays He gave, they light my way child
I'm bonded with the Son today
And I heard Him say "It's all right now"

People come, people go, yeah
Some leave you when you need them the most
God is love, He longs to be
More than you can believe
Taste, taste and see That this love, this love is good CHORUS

I'm bonded with the Son, the Son
I wanna lay everything (down) at Your feet
I wanna see You in my dreams
Speak to me
Take me to a higher place
So I can see

CHORUS

ALL YOU GOT
Words by Michael Tait, Chad Chapin, and Toby McKeehan | Music by Chad Chapin & Michael Tait
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots (BMI)/ CEC Animal Music (BMI)/ Achtober Songs (BMI) Adminisetered by EMI CMP


I heard you say that no one seems to care 'bout you
It's in your eyes, you think that life's unfair to you
Just give it all you got, my friend
Just give it all you got, it's not the end

CHORUS
Cause you oughta know
There's a reason for these changin' seasons
God only knows how much your heart can bear
So don't you let go
Everybody has their up and down times
Everybody needs to know how much they're loved
My friend
So hold on, it's not the end

As I remember everything you touch
Would turn to gold
You held the secrets
To make your grandest dreams unfold
You were the very best of us all
But the sun that rises still falls

CHORUS

It's just a love song
Cause everybody needs a friend
I'll be right here for you
Just a simple prayer
It's from the bottom of my heart
That He'll never let you go

CHORUS

SPY
Words by Michael Tait & Aaron Julison | Music by Chad Chapin, Michael Tait and Aaron Julison
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music(BMI)/ CEC Animal Music (BMI) Administered by EMI CMP

I've watched you watchin' me
But I can't see what you see
You ask me how I feel
But you don't believe me still

No
Cause what I say
Is here today
And gone tomorrow

CHORUS
You treat me like a spy
When I come around
Just like a private eye
Roamin' through your town
You treat me like a spy
And I can't see why
If only looks could kill You taunt me
You doubt my faith
But you shove it in my face
You tempt me
But I won't bend
You've wasted your time again

Yeah
And it's a shame
Will you ever change
You're so suspicious

CHORUS

You treat me like a..
You treat me like a..
You treat me like a spy

TALK ABOUT JESUS
Words by Michael Tait, Daniel Joseph & Larry Norman | Music by Michael Tait and Daniel Joseph
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music

You never told me, but you always said you'll be here, we'll pray for you
Echoes in my head
I still remember, longing to escape
Like a man in prison chains, is my life in vain

I cry out for you to hear
And I wonder does anybody care
You talk about Jesus, how He set you free
You talk about a Savior, how He died for me
I don't understand it, what you're talking about
All I feel is pain when I look around

Whoa whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa whoa - ooh

All I ever wanted, never wanted me
All the dreams that I lived for have left me incomplete
Now I'm still searching, if I could find the truth
But these voices haunting me have left me so confused

I cry out for you to hear
And I wonder does anybody care
You talk about Jesus, how He set you free You talk about a Savior, how He died for me
I don't understand it, what you're talking about
All I feel is pain, please help me now

When I was cold, did you let me in
When I was hungry, were you my friend
When I was down and out and I needed your hand
Did you see a chance or just a desperate man

Ooh

You talk about Jesus, how He set you free
You talk about a Savior, how He died for me
I don't understand it, what you're talking about
All I feel is pain, please help me now

Oh you say we're equal, all men are brothers
But why are the rich more equal than others,
Yeah more equal than others
Don't ask the answers, I've only got one,
When a man leaves his darkness he follows the Son

AMERICAN TRADEGY
Words by Michael Tait, Pete Stewart, Toby McKeehan & Mario Santana
Music by Mario Santana, Michael Tait, Pete Stewart & Randy Crawford
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music (BMI)/ Meaux Mercy(BMI) Administered by Meaux Music/ Songs Seldom Seen (SESAC)/ Blue Yeti Publishing(ASCAP) Administered by EMI CMP Administered by EMI CMP

Art is in motion, look around
At the everyday people in the everyday town
Love is an ocean as deep as the sky
Gotta keep our arms open if we're ever gonna fly

CHORUS
It's a tragedy
All the hate I see
Am I left to be
A slave to history
Love's our common ground
Yeah, my skin is brown
Ain't no sweeter sound
Walls are tumblin' down
I can't deny it overwhelms
That changin' your world is changin' yourself
You can't tell me that you've already tried
Cause we're never gonna shine until we swallow our pride

CHORUS

Love, ooh love

CHORUS

The questions in you are the questions in me
And I'm no closer to answers than you are to me
If we just believe the we all can be free
Na na na na na na na na na na

LOOOKING FOR YOU
Words & Music by Michael Tait, Chad Chapin & Pete Stewart
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music (BMI)/ CEC Animal Music (BMI) Administered by EMI CMP/Meaux Mercy (BMI) Administered by Meaux Music

Wide awake, chasing sleep, Life's so bittersweet
Like a dream, remembering, When I could talk to you
We were safe in a world of harm
Before I knew it our love was gone
I miss you so much

I'm looking for you, Cause you're all that's true to me
You make me smile

I had to fall, and lose it all, But that's all right with me
You pushed aside my selfish pride
You opened up my eyes, When I was lost you came to me
You crossed the oceans to set me free
I need you so much

Looking for you, Cause you're all that's true to me
You make me smile

You, you're all I ever needed, I know, I know
Only you, you're all I ever wanted, I know, I know
You, you're more than a dream, Yeah you're everything
My own symphony, You're my destiny

I'm looking for you, Cause you're all that's true to me
You make me smile

I'm Looking for you , Ooh I sing this for you
Cause nothing's as true, You make me smile
So I smile, yeah I smile, Every time I think of you
I smile, I do, Oh every time I think of you

I'm all right, I'm okay, it's for sure
Only when I'm next to you
You are my soul's desire
I'm all right, I'm okay, it's for sure
Only cause I'm next to you
You are my soul's desire

My soul's desire, My my my soul's desire
Oh yeah, oh yeah, You are, you are

ALTARS
Words by Michael Tait, Pete Stewart, Toby McKeehan, Mario Santana & Randy Crawford
Music by Mario Santana, Michael Tait & Pete Stewart
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music (BMI)/ CEC Animal Music (BMI) Administered by EMI CMP/Meaux Mercy (BMI) Administered by Meaux Music

Can you feel the silent cries
Over solemn need
Underneath the city lights
They're altars in the street
Through the walls I hear the sound
Of a beggar's plea
Looking for salvation from
The altars in the street

And it's so sad
People drifted away on a concrete sea
It's too bad
Faded lives

CHORUS
Burn, won't you burn in me
Eternal flame won't you light my name
Burn in me
If God is grace then bless the child
Who's left alone tonight, Set him free, Free to fly

Cause it's so sad
People wasted away in such a subtle display
It's too bad
Sacred lives

CHORUS

If I stayed close to
Everything you once held onto
And I know, yeah I know
Sometimes you hurt

CHORUS

Burn, won't you burn in me
You're my eternal flame why don't you light my name
Burn, burn, burn

TELL ME WHY
Words by Michael Tait & Mark Heimermann | Music by Chad Chapin, Michael Tait & Ormel Chapin
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music/ CEC Animal Music (BMI)

I talked to Mother just today,
She told me Daddy walked away
Now everything's about to change
I sought for words, I could not find
A thousand questions filled my mind
How could you throw it all away

My heart is left without a home
But I won't let it turn to stone
There's got to be another way
Cause I can't take this pain

CHORUS
Tell me why, tell me why
Why do people run away
Can we try, try to find
Try to find the will to stay

A beating heart, a tender kiss
Love is so much more than this
Always givin' in and never giving up
I know the man I want to be
I've seen enough of misery
It's time for me to break free, yeah

Doubt may whisper in my ear
But I will love in spite of fear
With everything inside of me
(Tell me) Is it just a dream

CHORUS

I'm finally finding my way back to love
My way back to love again
I'm finally finding my way back to love
My way back to love again

Doubt may whisper in my ear
That I will love in spite of fear
With everything inside of me
Oh does anyone believe

CHORUS

Cause every time you run
Every time you run away
Can we try, try try try try
You don't have to run
You don't have to run away

CARRIED AWAY
Words by Michael Tait & Toby McKeehan
Music by Michael Tait, Pete Stewart, Chad Chapin, Toby McKeehan & Kevin Max
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music/ CEC Animal Music (BMI)

You're standing right behind me
I feel you breathing down my neck
I try to catch you, but you're gone
You whisper words that draw me
Into your web of influence
Your sweet illusion's like a song
You say my name
Like I'm the only game in this town
But just the same
You know you gotta stop hangin' around

CHORUS
I'm carried away
A full-on freak display
I've got so much to say
No you're never gonna get my crown
No you're never gonna shut me down
You're such the fallen angel
You're such the villain in disguise
Tellin' dark and lovely lies
I dove right into your ocean
Tasted the salt of murky seas
I've seen beyond your mysteries
And I'm to blame
Thought I was the only game in this town
But you're so vain
That you're never gonna figure it out

CHORUS

Cause I'm carried away
So carried away
I'm carried away, so carried away

Sticks and stones from your lofty throne
My soul's been set free

EMPTY
Words by Michael Tait Music by Michael Tait & Chad Chapin
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music/ CEC Animal Music (BMI)

If I play the game
And I win the fame
Will I be the man
I dreamed of And if
I woo the crowd
And their screams are loud
Is it really me that they love

What does it profit
What does it profit me

If I gain the whole world
And lose my own soul
What would be said of me

Oh my vanity, vanities
Chasin' the wind
I'm feelin' empty again, yeah
I'm feelin' empty again
If I gain the whole world
And lose my own soul
What would be said of me
Or my vanity vanities
Chasin' the wind
And I'm feelin' empty again

If I gain the whole world
And lose my own soul, ooh
What would be said
Tell me what would be said
Or my vanity, vanities
Chasin' the wind
I'm feelin' empty again, yeah
I'm feelin' empty again, yeah yeah

Jesus come fill me again

UNGLUED
Words & Music by Michael Tait & Daniel Joseph
©2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music

Restless and alone
A weary soul has traveled home
What am I to do
In a world without you
I can hardly believe
I turned around and you're gone
All the sweet memories
Of loving you for so long

Sometimes it's hard
Most times I cry
But God holds this heart of mine
He feels the pain inside
Broken and undone
You're were the one we counted on
You taught us how to say
I love you
Then you showed us how to pray
I don't want to believe
I turned around and you're gone
All the sweet memories
Of loving you for so long

Sometimes it's hard
Most times I cry
But God holds this heart of mine
And He heals the pain I hide

Sometimes it's hard
Most times I cry
But God knows this heart of mine
He feels the pain inside

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